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  1. Re:There's one big difference on Cross-Platform Pseudo-Virus: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    I run as user, and I've programs that require file access that can't be (normally) run as User. (Babylon, Getright, SmartFTP, etc)
    What I do, is give users access to their directory, and all is well.
    Why can't you do the same with Netscape?

  2. Re:There's one big difference on Cross-Platform Pseudo-Virus: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    Runas command from the CLI.
    Shift+Right Click from the GUI
    Both let you the equilent of su in windows.
    Tip: runas /user:administrator cmd
    will open a new shell windows that will let you admin privileges.

    I would also suggest you would install Terminal Services, which I find easier to use than runas. (Avoid the confustion, what is my windows, and what are the other user's windows.)

  3. Re:I'll believe it... on Cross-Platform Pseudo-Virus: Don't Panic · · Score: 1

    JS/VBS are platform independent, OS-dependent.
    Assembler is platform dependent and OS independent.
    Assembler is not below compiled code, btw. It is on the same level as compiled code.
    And what non-x86 instruction do you think that the virus would use, that make it Intel dependent? I think that it would use x86 instruction set, and thus make AMD, Cyrix, etc... also vulnerable.

  4. Re:Directories are not search engines on Is The Web Becoming Unsearchable? · · Score: 1

    Good News Unlimited Image Manipulation Program Tool Kit :-> :->

  5. Re:Man.. that was way harsh. on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    It use up all the memory, and you've to kill it, and all the resources it took will be freed.
    I like this better, BTW.
    void main (void) {while (malloc(0xFFFF)); }

  6. Re:Windows XP (or, yet another eye-candy update!) on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    > When the article starts talking about the things that are really important, like stability and speed, the results of their findings are instantly dismissed because it's beta software. Well, um, beta should have a few bugs, granted, but it's not alpha software, where the entire thing crashes at every turn! It should have atleast _some_ stability.

    I'm using XP 2296 (when it was called Whistler).
    My uptime is 22 days, 18 hours, 44 minutes, 46 seconds.

  7. Re:As easy to install as Linux on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Stick CD in the drive, follow instructions...
    Done.
    About the hardest part is choosing the partition to install on.

  8. Re:I'm not getting Windows XP. on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    2K & XP are extremely similar to each other.
    XP is not even NT6.
    If it's going to work on XP, it's likely to work on 2K as well.

  9. Re:Shutting down - foulup central. on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Um, yes it does.
    It's the home version we are talking about, but it's still based on the same kernel as XP Server & XP Advance Server will be.

  10. Re:Shutting down - foulup central. on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Press ALT, and you'll see it, you can also change it so you will always see the underlines.

  11. Re:Shutting down - foulup central. on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    You are talking about services, which you need to kill from the services MMC.

  12. Re:Dumbing it down.... on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Since registry is just for data storage, you can change the APIs pretty easily.
    /Registry
    /HKCU
    /HKLM
    Etc, with text files for the values.
    Shouldn't be a problem to implement.

  13. Re:Question... on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    Why would you need 2K emulation? XP *is* 2K, in any way that means something.

  14. Re:Question... on CNET Reviews Windows XP Beta 2 · · Score: 1

    It's fully customizable.
    It takes about 5 minutes to find & customize it to the old look. And unlike what people said, it's just as useful as Win 2K is.

  15. Re:I would love this feature if it was improved on Earthlink's Extra HTTP Header · · Score: 1

    No, it's text editors (notepad, pico, etc) that makes compact code.

  16. Re:As A Web Designer on Earthlink's Extra HTTP Header · · Score: 1

    Nice feature in XP (And probably IE6) is the ability to mascarade your IE browser.
    It's neccecary, because some stupid websites actually tells you to "go get IE5.5" if you browse to them with IE 6.

  17. Re:As A Web Designer on Earthlink's Extra HTTP Header · · Score: 1

    Aside from connection speed, you already can get this information.

  18. Re:No point without COM on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    JS & VBS only for Chillisoft, sorry.

  19. Re:No point without COM on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    You confuse ASP with VBScript, which is very limited.
    And ASP+VBS can do file uploads on its own, the rest it can't, though.

  20. Re:ASP != VBScript but, ASP=shit, and VBScript=shi on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    ASP is not very good with sessions, ASP+ is much better handling them.

  21. Re:Why people like ASP on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Um, not.
    ASP is a framework, for which you can write in every language that you want.
    Perl, for instance, is one of them.
    And IIRC, there are some examples of perl ASP scripts that are installed with IIS.

    JScript, VBScript (Don't used this!), Perl, and a lot of other languages can be used to write ASP pages.

  22. Re:Why people like ASP on Chili!Soft ASP Port to FreeBSD? · · Score: 1

    Actually, most of the components that you reffers to are usually accessed via COM objects.
    It's pretty routine to do the real work in COM objects in ASP, btw.
    ASP+ (which became ASP.NET) has made large improvements in adding more COM objects, so now ASP has as wide or wider set of components as PHP.

  23. Re:.NET == Java + Linux Killer on MS To Work To Make .NET Run OSes Beyond Windows · · Score: 1

    Yeah, what I can't understand is why Sun isn't pushing for compiled Java in some situations (User land programs, frex.)
    How long does it take to make a .class file into a native code, anyway? I would think that upon install, Java programs need to be compiled to native code, so there would be no performance penalty.

  24. Re:Nothing but a Micro$osft Trap on MS To Work To Make .NET Run OSes Beyond Windows · · Score: 1

    What market? Server? Java wasn't supposed to be on server on the beginnning.

  25. Re:what's wrong w/ 8.3? on Why Are We Still Using 8.3 Filenames? · · Score: 1

    Windows 2000 already has this, you can do Open, which default to the file type openner, and open with (right click), which gives you a list of all the programs that you open this file with.